Obama will send up to 300 advisers to Iraq, is 'prepared to take targeted and precise' military act
Source: Washington Post
Obama will send up to 300 advisers to Iraq, is 'prepared to take targeted and precise' military action
President Obama announced Thursday that the United States is deploying up to 300 new military advisers to Iraq, and is 'prepared to take targeted and precise military action.' Obama did not announce any immediate U.S. airstrikes on Iraq.
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Obama: U.S. Military Assets Ready For Targeted Strikes In Iraq
DYLAN SCOTT JUNE 19, 2014, 1:38 PM EDT
President Barack Obama said on Thursday that the United States is prepared to send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to address the ongoing crisis and has positioned military assets to make targeted strikes if necessary.
He emphasized that "American forces will not be returning to combat in Iraq."
"Because of our increased intelligence resources, we're developing more information about the potential targets associated with (the Islamic State Of Iraq and the Levant)," Obama said, "and going forward, we will be prepared to take targeted and precise military action if and when we determine that the situation on the ground requires it."
NBC News reported earlier this week that an aircraft carrier and two other U.S. Navy ships had moved into the Persian Gulf.
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The Magistrate
(95,264 posts)"What a world, what a world...."
OldRedneck
(1,397 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Yep, President Kennedy in 1960 sent 400 Special Forces to a now well known tropical Asian country as 'Advisors'. Why is Washington always first to repeat failed history ?
maryellen99
(3,790 posts)Kennedy didn't take office until 1961.
FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)Kennedy ramped it up to 16,000 during his presidency.
And then came LBJ and things REALLY took a turn for the worse.
Paper Roses
(7,475 posts)ballyhoo
(2,060 posts)Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)I trust him.
lark
(23,185 posts)It's just giving in to the MSM and the very loud and vociferous war cheerleaders. This is extremely disappointing, spinless and dumb - IMO. Great, now we and Iran will both be officially helping to further alienate 1/2 the population - the Sunni's, while supporting the corrupt and hateful government who are the ones that caused tis mess to fester like this. I've heard we're pushing for al-Maliki to go, but that's because he wouldn't support our oil grab. That's all the neocons care about and Obama is letting them lead him around by the nose.
So extremely sad and totally unnecessary.
edited to remove a redundancy
Cha
(297,935 posts)lark
(23,185 posts)It's not that I'm the smartest person on the planet, but getting involved in the middle of a centuries old feud between different religious factions is not a winning or well thought out move by anyone, even a constitutional lawyer. If we couldn't settle the country after all the time we had scores of combant troops there, what good does sending in 300 do? Can you explain that?
When scores of our service personnel have died for no good reason, our service folks families will take no comfort at all from your thought that Obama knew what he's doing.
former9thward
(32,122 posts)I don't trust any politicians.
Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,393 posts)Cha
(297,935 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)People screamed that Obama was invading Syria. They were wrong.
People screamed that Obama was invading Egypt. They were wrong.
People screamed that Obama was invading Ukraine. They were wrong.
People are screaming that Obama is going to invade Iraq again. They are wrong.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Dare to be skeptical, dare to think for yourself.
Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)Hes done 1,000,000 more thinks right than wrong.
Hes faced with some tough choices, I think he's weighed the short and long term consequences and this is the best of a bad situation.
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)OnlinePoker
(5,729 posts)You would think the Iraqis would know enough by now without the U.S. getting in there again.
christx30
(6,241 posts)The minute ISIS came in, they stripped off their uniforms, dropped their weapons and ran. So now ISIS has stolen a bunch of US Humvees.
blackspade
(10,056 posts)No more lives or money should be spent in Iraq.
This is an internal issue that they have to figure out.
BlueInPhilly
(870 posts)With Liz carrying his oxygen mask. Since they seem to know exactly what should be done in Iraq.
And leave them there for the long term until Dick's battlestar is fully operational.
840high
(17,196 posts)mysuzuki2
(3,521 posts)I really see no happy outcome with any US involvement. I don't see any good guys at all in Iraq.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)reflection
(6,286 posts)to look up from his gin and issue a slurred condemnation. What would the Orange Man do differently? We'll never know, because he and the Republicans have become the Statler and Waldorf of Congress. They bring nothing to the table but snark and conjecture.
There is literally NOTHING Obama could say that would cause Agent Orange and Co. to give even a grudging statement of approval. Pricks.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)Cha
(297,935 posts)TheKentuckian
(25,035 posts)ripcord
(5,553 posts)Alex P Notkeaton
(309 posts)Paladin
(28,281 posts)Dick Cheney is getting pilloried on Fox "News" for his role in the Iraq clusterfuck. That's how evident things are. Why would we want to do anything but get the hell out at this point? This is a true disappointment. Ms. Clinton, I hope you're taking good notes on all this....
Uncle Joe
(58,506 posts)Thanks for the thread, DonViejo